Laundry device for baby diapers and the like



Oct. 20, 1959 co swo 2,909,053

LAUNDRY DEVICE FOR BABY DIAPERS AND THE LIKE Filed Aug. 27. 1956 INVENTOR. A/aw Coarse/draw United States Patent LAUNDRY DEVICE FOR BABYDIAPERS AND THE LIKE Alan Coatsworth, Mexico, M0.

Application August 27, 1956, Serial No. 606,295 1 Claim. (Cl. 68-233)This invention relates to a domestic appliance usable in the home andparticularly in the bathroom for facilitating the carrying out of smallwashing operations, particularly .diapers, the primary object being toprovide a laundry tub that is adaptable for positioning on and fittinginto the seat of a toilet.

[It is the most important object of the present invention to provide alaundry device for baby diapers and the like that is in the nature of anopen top tub having a support on the bottom thereof that normally holdsthe said bottom elevated above the bathroom floor and which support isalso adapted for fitting into the toilet seat as aforementioned.

A further object of the instant invention is the provision of a laundrytub as above set forth having an outlet opening in the bottom thereoffor draining the wash water therefrom into the toilet upon removal of aplug adapted to fit in the opening.

Other objects include the way in which the forwardmost wall of the tubis inclined and corrugated adapting the same for use as a washboard; theway in which a removable cover is provided for the open top of the tub;and other details of construction to be made clear as the followingspecification progresses.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a laundry device for baby diapers andthe like showing the same operably positioned on a conventional toilet,parts being broken away for clearness.

Fig. 2 is a vertical, cross-sectional view through the laundry device;and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary, front elevational view taken on line IIIIII ofFig. 2, parts being broken away for clearness.

The laundry device forming the subject matter of the instant [inventionis in the nature of an open top tub broadly designed by the numeralhaving a bottom 12, a front Wall 14, a rear wall 16, and a pair of sidewalls 18 and 20. Bottom wall 12 is provided with a primary portion 12athat slopes rearwardly and downwardly from the front wall 14 and asecondary section 12b that slopes downwardly and inwardly from the rearWall 16. A drain opening 20 in the section 12a adjacent the section 12bis provided with a removable plug 22 attached to a chain or the like 24that may be in tmn connected to the rear wall 16 adjacent the uppermostedge of the latter.

The bottom wall 12 is provided with a support 26 adapted to maintain thesame in an elevated position when the tub 10 is resting on the floor ofthe bathroom, the support 26 being in the nature of a continuous bossconforming transversely thereof as best seen in Fig. 2 to thecross-sectional configuration of seat 28 of toilet 30.

In this respect it is noted that the continuous band-like seat 28 isnormally provided with an oval, transverse, cross-sectional contour andaccordingly, the support 26 is provided with a concavo-convex portion 32that mates with the inner margin of the seat 28, thereby fitting thesupport 26 within the seat 28 and tending to prevent lateraldisplacement of the tub 10 with respect to the toilet 30 when the tub isin place on seat 28.

A continuous outturned, peripheral flange 34 at the uppermost edge ofthe walls 14, 16, 18 and 20, supports a cover 36 that is in turnprovided with a continuous downwardly facing channel 38 that embracesthe flange 34 when the cover 36 is placed on the tub 10. The uppermostface of the cover 36 may be fiat if desired, but for purposes ofillustration, the same is provided with a downwardly depressed portion40 presenting a tray.

Notable particularly in Fig. 2 of the drawing is the fact that the frontwall 14 of the tub 10 slopes outwardly from the bottom wall 12 and asthe flange 34 is approached. Additionally, the front wall 14 is providedwith a plurality of transverse corrugations 14a, presenting a washboard.

In use, it is contemplated that the tub 10 will normally rest on thefloor of the bathroom with the cover 36 in place. Soiled diapers will beplaced therewithin from time to time until it is desired to wash thesame. Thereupon, the tub 10 is lifted to the position shown in thedrawing resting on the seat 28 and the cover 36 removed. Wash water maybe poured into the tub 10, the diapers washed through use of the boardpresented by corrugations 14a and the wash water drained directly intothe toilet 30 by removal of plug 22, it being noted that the drainopening 20 registers with the stool portion 30a of the toilet 30.

While the support 26 chosen for illustration is adapted to fit withinthe seat 28 of the toilet 30, it might well be adapted to fit within thestool portion 30a if desired. Still further, the use of legs or thelike, difiering somewhat in shape and configuration from the support 26shown in the drawing might well be utilized within the scope of theconcepts of the instant invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent is:

For use with a toilet having a bowl and a seat on the bowl consisting ofa continuous band having an oval transverse cross-sectional contour, alaundry device comprising an open top tub provided with a bottom, saidbottom having a drain opening formed therein, a front wall inclinedupwardly and outwardly from said bottom and provided with a series oftransverse, horizontal corrugations presenting a wash board; and acontinuous, tubular support, rigid to the lowermost face of said bottom,said support including an outermost wall, an innermost wall and a bottomwall, said innermost and outermost Walls being secured to said bottom,said bottom wall being inclined downwardly toward said innermost walland of concavo-convex configuration whereby the portion thereof adjacentsaid outermost wall mates with the innermost margin of said seatthroughout the length of said margin, the other portion of said bottomWall combining with said innermost wall to present a continuous arcuate,downwardly facing rim in normally surrounding relation to liquidemanating from said drain opening and adapted to hold the tub in anelevated position when said rim is resting on the floor.

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